Apparatus for sewage disposal.



No. 880,540. PATBNTED MAR.. 3, 19GB. J. H.V KINEALY.

APPARATUS FOR SEWAGE DISPSAL.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.7.190G,

WITNESSES l w m wfg@ Mue/N To all whom it may concern:

UNITE STATES PATENT ernten.

JOHN H. KINELY, Ol" FERGUSON, MISSO'llRlq APPARATUS Fon seamenDISPOSAL.y

- Be it known that l, `JOHN ll. KINEALY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ferguson, county of St; Louis, and ,State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful l'mprovement in A}')paratus for Sewage "Disposal, of which the following is a full,

clear, and exact specification, refereueehemg had-to the accompanying drawings, which form a part thereof` My invention relates to that type of apparatus for sewage disposal in'which advantage is taken of the action of micro-organims to break down and dispose of fecal matter hy reducing it to a liquid and gas,and in which the purilied liquid is drawn oil' andy used forirrigating purposes or allowed to run to waste. l

The object ol' my inventlon is to make a cheap lapparatus for disposing of sewage inv `connection with isolated (.lwellings, and a further object of my invention `is to provide' an apparatus that can be manufactured and sold direct to users and installed hy them without the use of skilled labor.

My invention is fully shown in the accompanying drawings, which show sections of apparatus as installed ready for use.

Figure 1` shows ali-apparatus consisting of two vessels, and Fig. 2 shows anapparatus of larger size consisting of three vessels.

ln the drawings-A. is an inlet connected to from thehouse or dwelling to the apparatus;

B, primary vessels of cylindrical shape; C, passages by which the vessels are connected together inseries; D, a secondary vessel of cylindrical shape; E, anoutletpipe through which the surplus. water and that resulting from the purification ofthe sewage passes,

away; F, the caps of the vessels; II, a scum of `fecal and other light solid matter; La sludge composed of heavy solid matter that is diliicult to destroy; G, the open lower ends' of the vessels; and K an outlet piece having a vent L at the top and an openend M below where floating matter will accumulate in the vessel D` The vessels B and D are made of any material, although it is preferable to make them of some material that will. not be acted lfpon` hy the sewage, such as concrete :r tile. They should he strong enough to stand handling and shipping from the-place of manufacture te the point of use. The inlet Specification of 'Letters'Patent. y 4applicano mea segtembr 7.1906. serai No. 333.663.

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'lhe operation of theapparatus is as follows: 'lhe vessels areput under the ground at such a depth that the` liquid in them Vwill not freeze, the inlet A is connected tothe. sewer pipe from the dwelling, and the` pipe E is led to the place where it is desired to'discharge 4the purified liquid from thesewage. rl`he open ends (l vof the vessels restfdirectly on the earth at thehot'tinn ofthe excavation pipes are ordinary sewer or drain `in which the vessels are placed,A The sewage enters through the pipe. A and is-discharged downward from the cap luto the vessels B. 'l.`h e liquid.acciuuulates in the vessels Band l),l and fills them until it' rises to the 'level of j the lower part of the outlet )e EL... The lighter solid matter and especially the fecal matter carried hy the sewage forms afs'cum, ll which lloats on top of theliq'uid in 'the' vprimary vessels B, and the heavier particles fall to the bottom of the vessels B and form a sludge l. There will he more fecal matter in the iirstof the Vessels'thanin the second,

and thescum in the lirstvessekwill "he thicker than that in the second; ASince the Vessels are underground where xthey cannot. freeze and since they are covered with earth .so that light and'air are excluded, these/um o'f fecal matter Il will he exposed toV the' action of anaerobic micro-organisms .that will tend to h-reak it down and resolve .it into gases and liquids. The liquids willmix'with the water of the sewage and will'll'ow from` the vessels B into the lvessel D, and from there out through the pipe IC. The" outlet piece K is so arranged t iat the liquid lflowing'out through the pipe E is taken through the op'en end M at a point below where'lo'ating matter that may pass into D will accum-` ulate, and the upper end ol the outlet piece K is provided with a vent L so thatthe pressure in the pipe E will he the same as that in the upper part of the, vdssel l) thus making the liquidv in the outlet piece stand always at the same level as the liquid in the vessel D.

Any floating solid matter that may be carried from the vessels B into the Vessel D will accumulate on top of vthe Water and will be exposed in this latter to the action of the micro-organisms. Hence no solid matter will pass out through the pi )e E, and the liquid that passes from E will be inoffensive. The fecal matter will form a'scu'm ll, and by discharging the new sewage on the top of this there is less danger of solid matter beingcarried into the secondary vessel D and thence out through the pi e E. The weight of the accumulation of so id matter on the scum H will tend to depress it, thus keeping it, `the lower part especially, under water in the vessels B and in aposition that is favorable to the action of the anaerobic micro-organisms.

By making each of the vessels of the inverted bucket-shape'shown in the drawings and leaving the lower ends G open, part of the liquid which accumulates in the vessels tends to filter away -into the. surrounding earth, thus making each vessel serve artially as a filter by which a portionof the iquid matter of thejsewage'is dis osed of. c

The advantages o this apparatus lie in the `fact that it can be'manufactured at a manufacturing establishment and shi ped to the tion witi isolate( laces where the sewage consists user ready to be installed an that itcan be installed -by unskilled labor. The vessels may be made in sections as shown in Fig-1, or each may ibe made as one complete piece as shown in Fig. 2. Thev apparatus is es ecially a plicable for use in connec- Fdwellings in suburban or country i largely o water from batlrtubsand kitchen sin s and carries only a comparatively small amount of fecal or other solid matter.

The size and shape of thea paratus, .and the material of which it is ma e, may be va- `ried to suit the requirements/of different conditions, land more than threevessels may beI used when it is desired to have the apparatus of large volume. What I4 laim as new, and desire to secure vLetters Patent for, isz

l. The combination of sewage disposal comprising a closed primary vesse and a closed secondary vessel, a nonsiphonic passage connecting said vessels so located yand arranged as to allow the How of liquid from one to the other below where floating matter accumulates and above whereV non-oating matter accumulates without allowing any iow of air or gas, an inlet leading .into the primary vessel, andjan outlet vessel, substantially as described.

an apparatus for- @saam leading from the secondary vessel, said out.- let being connected -to an outlet piece placed inside of the secondary vessel and having a vent at the top and arranged to take li uid from vthe secondary vessel atY a point be ow where floating matter accumulates-in said 2. The combination an apparatus for 'sewage disposal comprising a closed primary vessel and a closedsec'ondary vessel, a nonsiphonic passage connecting said' vessels so locatedand arranged as to allow the liow of liquid from oneito the other below where fioating matter accumulates and above'where .non-floating matter accumulates without allowing any'iow of air or gas, an inlet lead"- ing into the primaryvessel above Iwhere floating matter accumulates, and an outlet leading from the secondary vessel below the level ofthe inlet into the primary vessel,.said

outlet vbei11g connected to an outlet piece i laced inside of the secondary vessel-.andaviug a vent at the top and arran ed to take liquid from the secondary ,vesse atv a point below where floating matter 'accumu- Iand arranged to take'liquid-fron the secon ary. vessel at a point below where floating ,85 matter accumulates insaid vessel, anda nonsiphonic passage connecting the two vessels below the level of the outlet leading from the secondary vessel, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my ,90 name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. L

, `JOHN H. KINEALY.

Witnesses: 4

HARRIET M..HETF1ELD, LILLIE MAURER. 

